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02-24-2006, 08:50 AM
|  | Bass Playing Economist | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida | | | What's the difference between a bass and a cello?
So I was transporting my bass from the band room to my car today when I overheard this conversation between two girls:
"Is that an upright bass he's carrying"
"No it's a cello"
"No I think it's an upright bass"
"Well what's the difference between an upright bass and a cello?"
"A cello has six strings and an upright bass has four"
As you can imagine my head almost exploded while I tried to explain to them the difference between a cello and a bass. 
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02-24-2006, 09:51 AM
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02-24-2006, 10:40 PM
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Why, the bass burns longer, of course.
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02-25-2006, 12:50 AM
| | | | I heard it as, "...you can heat a bigger room with the bass." |
02-25-2006, 07:42 AM
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02-27-2006, 07:39 AM
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What's the difference between a bass and a cello?
| The bass holds more beer.  |
02-27-2006, 11:28 PM
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Violins and violas are actually the same size; it's just that violinists have bigger heads so........ |
02-27-2006, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ctxbass Violins and violas are actually the same size; it's just that violinists have bigger heads so........ | Dude, that explains a LOT!!!  
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03-19-2006, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bacid So I was transporting my bass from the band room to my car today when I overheard this conversation between two girls:
"Is that an upright bass he's carrying"
"No it's a cello"
"No I think it's an upright bass"
"Well what's the difference between an upright bass and a cello?"
"A cello has six strings and an upright bass has four"
As you can imagine my head almost exploded while I tried to explain to them the difference between a cello and a bass. | Wow, that must be a common idea that cellos have more strings than basses. I was in the subway about two years ago, walking with my standup, and some guy comes up to me and asked it it was a cello. I told him it was a bass and his reply:
"Oh that's right, cellos have 5 strings."
How that made any sense I'm not sure as my bass was in its case regardless, but hey, whatever!
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04-19-2006, 04:21 PM
| | | | u can also sleep inside a bass case...unlike cello! hah |
04-30-2006, 10:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, TX | | | I get alot of "Mane, dats a big vy-lin" when I'm carrying my bass in the school hallway.
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05-01-2006, 10:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, TX | | | Also, if you wanted to scare the girls away, you could have told them that "the bass has... thicker... longer... strings."
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05-01-2006, 10:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago, IL | | | "What's the difference between" jokes are my favorite!
What's the difference between a soprano and a seamstress?
A seamstress tucks and frills.
(A fellow bassist told me that one last week at a concert, I was doubled over haha)
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05-03-2006, 11:47 AM
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What's the difference between a soprano and a Porsche?
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u can also sleep inside a bass case
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06-15-2006, 08:01 AM
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i just don;t understand PEOPLE!
and +1 on the violinists joke.
you want them all? go here: http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/jokes/
greatest jokes ever. How do you get two piccolos to play in unison?
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06-15-2006, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Tbeers "What's the difference between" jokes are my favorite!
What's the difference between a soprano and a seamstress?
A seamstress tucks and frills.
(A fellow bassist told me that one last week at a concert, I was doubled over haha) |
That's a funny version. I heard it as, What's the difference between a violist and a seamstress?
The seamstress tucks UP the frills.
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07-17-2006, 04:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: quezon city, philippines | | | not to mention!!!
not to mention, basses are longer, harder(!) and have a whole lot more girth than cell..is..t..s..... uh, um, no!! CELLOS! (got to watch my mouth, oh well)
now, now, going back to the girls..... 
which do you like better now? |
10-18-2006, 10:41 AM
| | | i know this situation veery well.
Some examples:
- oooh. your guitar/violin is biiiiig!!!
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- Do you play this huge instrument
° Nooo, i'm hauling it around JUST FOR FUN!!!!!
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- hey, you just packed your ganny/your boyfriend in that case, RIGHT???
( yeah, and you just swollowed a clown, didn't you?!?!)
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-oh looooook she's got a DRUMS-SET with her!!!! what the hell?? 
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hmm.. sometimes it's realy funny, but i'm worried more and more, what about THINKING before ASKING??? or don't they know ANYTHING about MUSIC??? |
10-18-2006, 11:45 AM
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10-18-2006, 12:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | I am continually surprised how good of a conversation starter an upright bass in the elevator can be.
"Wow, that's HUGE."
"Why, thank you."
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